Giants Grave in Killygorman, court tomb in County Monaghan

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What is recorded here

Situated in a slight col on top of an ENE-WSW drumlin ridge with slightly higher ground to the E and WSW. This is a court-tomb comprising a long cairn (L 30m; max. Wth 9m) aligned WNW-ESE. Incorporated in the cairn 15m from the W end are the remains of a gallery (L c. 9m; Wth 1.2m) divided into two chambers by segmenting jambs. Entry jambs at the W are doubled; the front pair are exceptionally large and well matched. The easternmost stone in the gallery, partly set inside the line of the chamber, may indicate further segmentation. Three kerb stones survive N of the gallery.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MO012-048

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